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Originally Posted by missdpuck
I kind of admire the French for speaking up. Sure we have our pockets of activism here in the US but with all our lip service to "free speech" we are a pack of wimps. Including myself.
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The French take their rights and privileges very seriously and are ready to march/riot/demonstrate at any time if they feel these are threatened. Yes, it leads to excesses: not just violence in cases like this, but also in unions that are impossible to deal with at times and which ###### economic progress. Yet there is also much to be said for people who don't roll over whenever an institution - be it the government or a large corporation - makes decisions that they dislike.
We could use a lot more of that spirit in Canada, even more than the USA. Passivity in the face of unwelcome change is all too common, as you say.